Improvement in paint-cans



No. 32,397. I PATENTED MAYZl, 1861,,

v, B. DRUMMOND.

PAINT CAN UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES F. DRUMMOND, on NEW YORK,N. in, ASSIGNOR TO RAYNOLDS,

DEVOE & PRATT IMPROVE ENT- OF SAME PLACE; t

IN PAINT-ems Specification forming; part of LettersPatentNo. 32,397,dated May .21, 186i.

To aZZjwhom it may mmeerin:

Y Be it known that I, JAMESF. DRUMMOND,

of the city,'connty, andStateof New York,-. "have invented-a new andnseful Improvement in Pail-Cans for Paint and othen Materials; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full; clear, andexaet descriptionof the same,

-reference .being had [to the accompanying drawings, forming" part ofthis specification,-

Figure 1 is a side View of a can eonst tucted according to myinventionfilled and .incondiv *tion-jfoi: transportation. Fig. 2 is .a centralsection corresponding with Fig. 1. 'Ei'g. 3is'a central section of thecanin an unfinished; eondition. Fig.

4 is a plan yeoi'respoiiding wvith-Fig'.3.- a v;-

Similanlett'ers ofxreferenoe' indicate corre-j spending parts inLtIie'SeYeI-al figures. I My invention consists in a certain construetion 'andmode of fapplying, securing, and healing-the head ofthe can, whereby;though it is hei metieally sealed for transportation, provision isafi'orded-for its easyrenioval when ,the'.paint or;othercontents of thecan are to he used, and for its nse as a lid while-the can. issubsequently 'us'ed as. a pail. The body of ihe can "is mh'dev with 'awired rim, a, and in;

,Oth'errespeets similar to that" of an ordinary tinpa-ily'but the bottomA. is not applied i 'til a portion'of the head or cover hasbeen put onand secured,ta s*will be presently de-, ;scribed. The'head or cover madeot two pieces of tinplate or other sheet ,metaL-B and G, (of: which 3'is in the formof a i in'ggwith a His eii'cnlar and ofa. size greaterthan the "cihc'nlfnopening fee of B, 'for the purpose of "covering thesaid Qopening. The'p'art B has several. (say fi'om four; to eight).clasps, d 'd, p

for securing itto the b'od'y 'of the can, formed upon ithycuttingnotehe's inits rinib. The

said part B, withont the part Q, is'piiton the;

condi'tion'of the oanis shown in Figs. 3 3,116.4. In order to make achannel fOI'lJhG reception of the cement, the ,portion of B immeditowardthe interior of the can, as shown in the sections, Figs. 2 and-3. Whenthe part B has been'thus seeured and sealed, the bottom A issoldere'd onintlieusnal manner,-and the is closed by soldering the piece G overthethe can.

In ord-r to l in a proper positiom'and to facilitate the soldering of itin )pla'eeits nangin istuy'ned' at little downward, asshown'atffingE-ig. 2; and a corresponding depression is formedai'onnd margin;L

convenient manner which willallow it'to-drop downexitirelybfclowfthehead. 1 7 i Whenthe eanshasbeengfilled and closed u p,'

as above deseribedg-it is as eon pletely ir transportation,ifopjthe headis firmly secured by the-olasp's d d,' and the soft cement e, bein gentirely insid'e' 0 tested; i i a 1 When the can is tobe, opened ,it isonly necmay then be pulled o'fi,t1ie cement e e requiring we: y littleforce to break s it whenlhe elasps senve'as a lid, and talgen may berequired l" t -I claim as myinvent-ion by Letters Patent sealed upon itsinside to the rim of the pail byeement 'e, and' fastened to ithe pailloy clasps d (1, formed as set forth, andthe whole described 1.Witnessesz' .QJAM-ES F. DRUMMONDQ indioatedhy e e in the diawingsJ ispoured all around thecor-n'egwhich isfo'rm'ed between? the G, W; Rim'n'i -mn minside of the said part 'B and the rim a. This ately withintherimis made with a depression can is readyior fillingg which is effectedat the opening-o 0", and when ithas been filled it opening 0 {3, whichopening is onlyfor filling 'en'ahlelthepiece G to he put on the partBfen thei'eeeption of the so-tn ned The hall 31 may beattaehed tothebody'i' bf the can by, button-like 1n gs g g, or in any other {tightas thong-l1 the head were soldered you, and' as little likely to receiveinjury'dnring f the can, .is"efi'eetnally pro? essary to nnfas'ten theclasps d d by akn'ife or' other con'c'renieht'i nstiurnrent andthe-cover no longer sec l'ethe-h-ead. When the-head I has been:,thusremovei'it'maybe put on Ito off again as often as and desi reltosect-lire;

' As an improved article of manufaetnre, a.

paint-can having 'one'of the parts of its top.

constructed otherwise as herein 'sh'own ancl'

